(Credit: Foto © Silvia Maidagan) The ABAO Bilbao Opera is set to open its new season with Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino.” The work will be presented on Oct. 20 through Nov 3 at the Euskalduna Bilbao. The work will star Carmen Solis as Leonora, Angelo Villari as Don Alvaro, Juan Jesús Rodríguez as Don Carlos, and Manuel Fuentes as {…}
The Palau de la Música de Valencia has announced its 2025-26 season. Magdalena Lucjan, Stefanie Iranyi, Benjamin Bruns, and Franz-Josef Selig star in Mozart’s Requiem with Alexander Liebreich. The concert also includes Lutosławski’s Musique funèbre. Performance Date: Nov. 7, 2025 Jordi Bernàcer conducts Verdi’s Requiem with Carmen Solís, Ana Ibarra, Sergio Escobar, and Marko Mimica. Performance Date: Nov. 14, 2025 {…}
The Orquesta de Extremadura has announced its 2025-26 season. Here are the vocal performances. Justina Gringytė and Roberto Forés Veses team up for a program of music by Tarkiainen, Mahler, and Sibelius. Performance Dates: Nov. 27 & 28, 2025 Andrey Godik performs Martinů’s Oboe Concerto while Sarah Fox, Lucía Martín Cartón, and Moisés Marín perform Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 2. Roberto {…}
The Orquesta and Coro RTVE have announced their 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. The Orquesta Sinfónica y Coro RTVE under Christoph König will perform Boulanger and Mahler. Performance Date: Oct. 9 & 10, 2025 Christoph König conducts Faure’s Requiem and Schiaffino’s “Metalepsis” Performance Date: Oct. 17, 2025 Katerina Knezikova and Christian Immler lead Brahms’ Requiem {…}
The ABAO Bilbao Ópera has announced its 2025-26 season. The season opens with Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino” starring Carmen Solís, Angelo Villari, Ketevan Kemoklidze, and Juan Jesús Rodríguez. Lorenzo Passerini conducts the production by Ignacio García. Performance Dates: Oct. 25-Nov. 3, 2025 Maria Agresta, Jorge de León, Silvia Tro Santafé, and Carlos Álvarez star in Cilea’s “Adriana Lecouvreur” with Marco Armiliato {…}
The Teatro Real de Madrid has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera The season opens with Verdi’s “Otello,” starring Brian Jadge, Jorge de León, and Angelo Villari in the title role. The cast includes Igor Golovatenko, Artur Ruciński, Gabriele Viviani, Airam Hernández, Asmik Grigorian, and Maria Agresta. Nicola Luisotti and Giuseppe Mentuccia conduct the production by David Alden. Performance Dates: Sept. {…}
The Orquesta de Extremadura has announced its 2024-25 season. Here are the vocal performances for the Spanish orchestra. There will be a presentation of great operatic choruses. Performance Dates: Nov. 14 & 15, 2024 Carmen Soli, Cristina Faus, Juan Antonio Sanabria, and Ferran Albrich perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. They will be conducted by Andrés Salado. Performance Dates: April 10 {…}
Soprano Carmen Solis has joined GoDirect for General Management. Solis is a winner of such competitions as Operalia, Francisco Viñas, and Manuel Ausensi and has performed at the Bilbao Opera, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Teatro de Reggio Emilia, and Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile. She is also a frequent guest of the Teatro de la Zarzuela. Solis is well-known {…}
Spain’s Orquesta Sinfonica de RTVE has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Christoph König opens the season with music by Arriaga, Mozart, and Bruckner. The soloists are Marina Monzó, Štěpánka Pučálková, Airam Hernández, and Damián del Castillo. Performance Dates: Oct. 5 & 6, 2023 Marc Albrecht and Ekaterina Antipova lead a performance of music {…}
The Teatro Cervantes de Malaga has announced its 2022-23 season which will celebrate its 34th anniversary. The season opens with the double bill of Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” and Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana.” The cast of “Pagliacci” includes Andeka Gorrotxategi (Canio), Carmen Solís (Nedda), Dalibor Jenis (Tonio), César San Martín (Silvio), and Leonardo Sánchez. Meanwhile Leoncavallo’s opus will star Solís (Santuzza), Andeka Gorrotxategi {…}
The Teatro de la Zarzuela has announced its 2022-23 season. Zarzuela The season opens with “La Celestina” by Felip Pedrell. The concert version will star Ketevan Kemoklidze, Miren Urbieta Vega, Andeka Gorrotxategi, Juan Jesus Rodriguez, Simon Orfila, and Sofia Esparza. Guillermo García Calvo conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 9 & 11, 2022 Barbieri’s “Pan y toros” will be conducted by Guillermo García {…}